With over 400 wins, a state title, a third-place finish and one additional trip downstate in his 23 seasons in charge of the Glenbrook North boys basketball program, coach Dave Weber has seemingly been a lock for enshrinement in the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame for some time.

But when Weber received news in October that he had been elected, the news made him think about a couple things and reflect on his time in charge of the Spartans. His first thought was about his longevity.

"It's kind of a rarity for a high school basketball coach to last this long at one school," Weber said.

"The second thing is the players whose lives I've been able to touch by coaching them. I look back at the young men who've played for me and see a lot of them being successful in life. It seems like more and more they are coming back to say, 'Hello.' It's a really good feeling to have been some type of mentor to them."

Bruce Weber, Dave's older brother and the men's basketball coach at Kansas State, also has heard plenty of good things from those who have been mentored by his brother.

"So many times, I've been at O'Hare and somebody grabs me and says they played for my brother, or they were his (physical education) students, and how much they appreciate him. That means a lot and would have made our parents proud," said Bruce Weber, referring to parents Louis and Dawn, both deceased, who encouraged all five of their children to become teachers and coaches.

Bruce Weber, who previously coached Illinois and Southern Illinois, added: "I was a college coach in the state for all those years and just talking to other high school coaches, you heard how my brother was respected for what he did and how he coached. Even at the college level, a lot of guys I know, know him (from recruiting), and I get those calls and compliments about how good a job he's done at Glenbrook North."

The induction ceremony is scheduled for May 5 at Illinois State's Redbird Arena in Normal.

The moment Dave Weber will likely be best remembered for came on March 19, 2005, when the Spartans, led by junior Jon Scheyer captured the Class AA state title with a 63-51 win over Carbondale in Peoria.

Scheyer helped the Spartans make three trips downstate and then led Duke to the 2010 national title. State titles have been a rarity for teams from Chicago's northern suburbs with only Evanston (1968), Maine South (1979), Schaumburg (2001) and Stevenson (2015) having also accomplished the feat.

"It was a unique team and a great memory, and it will be (commemorated) there forever with a championship trophy and a banner up in the gym. I'm really proud to have been part of it," Dave Weber said.

He added: "We knew Jon was a great player, but the question was: Did we have enough to go and win a state championship? But I always say that when you have two great classes, and we had a great junior class and great senior class, and you can combine those two classes and they can get along with each other ... that's what we had."

Sean Wallis, who was a senior on the 2004-05 team, and Zach Kelly, who was a junior, went on to win two Division III national titles together at Washington University in St. Louis.

While Scheyer is the most high-profile player to have suited up for Glenbrook North during Dave Weber's tenure, there have been several other Division I recruits, including: Joe Hein (Illinois State), Pete Carroll (Cornell), Jordan Kardos (Illinois-Chicago), Tyler Ponticelli (Brown), Alex Dragicevich (Notre Dame and Boston College), Andrew McAuliffe (Davidson) and Kurt Karis (Chicago State and USC).

Dave Weber said the most special player-coach relationship he had was with his son Austin, who was a standout for the Spartans from 2008-10. Austin Weber, now 25, went on to play at Quincy University and is currently serving as a sergeant in the Marines.

"That state championship was great, but coaching your son and having the success he had as a player is something that will always be special in my life," said Dave Weber, who also has three daughters: Shalee (22), Miranda (20) and Faith (16).

At 6-foot-6, Austin Weber is 3 inches taller than his father, though Dave Weber said both he and Austin had similar games based on outside shooting.

Growing up in Milwaukee, Dave Weber honed his perimeter skills, and likely developed his competitiveness, during intense games of 2-on-2 with his two older brothers and father in the alley behind the family's home. Bruce Weber said their father was still playing hard and "fouling the heck out of us" even in his 50s.

After a standout prep career at Milwaukee's Marshall High School, Dave Weber went briefly to Bowling Green, transferred to Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and then transferred to Weber State in Utah when UW-Milwaukee reclassified from Division I to Division III. Though Dave Weber saw limited minutes at Weber State, he scored a basket versus Washington State in the 1983 NCAA Tournament.

Dave Weber then spent 11 years as a college assistant coach, making stops at Arizona State, UC Santa Barbara, Texas-San Antonio and Eastern Illinois. Dave Weber was in Charleston for seven seasons, which included the Panthers' trip to the 1992 NCAA Tournament.

Dave Weber said former Eastern Illinois coach Rick Samuels had been an especially influential figure, notably helping his once-feisty assistant develop a calmer coaching demeanor. These days, one might describe Dave Weber as an intense coach, but he doesn't scream at players or officials.

Dave Weber said it had always been his dream to become a college head coach. But after more than a decade as a college assistant, he opted for the high-school level, which offered the potential for more stability and a quicker path to being in charge of his own program. Bruce Weber spent 18 seasons as an assistant at Purdue before he got his first head coaching job at Southern Illinois in 1998.

"After 11 years, I felt like (being a college assistant) was kind of a dead end. I thought, 'If my brother can't get a head coaching job, then I'll never get one,'" Dave Weber said. "I look back and think, 'Maybe I could have waited it out and seen what happened.' But I'm happy with the choice I made."

When he was at Arizona State, Dave Weber worked alongside fellow assistant coach Doug Collins.

Dave Weber got a job at Glenbrook North in 1994 as an assist to coach Brian James, whom he had met through Collins. When James joined Collins, his college friend, on the Detroit Pistons staff in 1995, Dave Weber became the Spartans head coach.

The Glenbrook North job was not without pressure. In 1992, Collins' son, Chris, earned Illinois Mr. Basketball honors while leading the Spartans to the supersectional. Star guard Billy Donlon then led Glenbrook North to the state quarterfinals in 1993 and 1995, which at the time meant a trip downstate.

Chris Collins is now the men's coach at Northwestern and Donlon is one of his assistants.

"I'll be honest, that first year, we won a lot of games, but it wasn't enough for some people (in the community) to be happy," said Dave Weber, who said he's scheduled to retire from teaching and as the head coach at Glenbrook North after the 2019-20 season. "Both years, we went to the sectional, but it almost felt like not going to the Elite Eight was a little bit of a letdown."

But soon, children who had grown up idolizing Chris Collins and his teammates began arriving at Glenbrook North, helping the Spartans program reach even greater heights than before.

Current Glenbrook North assistant Brian McDonaugh, who has been coaching at the school for 25 years and has been Dave Weber's assistant since 2006-07, said he's long been impressed by Dave Weber's hard work and dedication. He said Dave Weber is an analytical coach, who spends hours after each game breaking down the film, and later implementing necessary changes.

McDonaugh said Dave Weber also has shown an ability to adapt to current teenagers, different personnel and the changing high school game, which is more physical, faster and more open than it was when Dave Weber started.

"When you are a successful coach, now a hall of fame coach, you must have been willing to bend, self-evaluate how you do practices and game situations. I've seen him do that in my tenure," McDonaugh said. "Also, kids don't want three or four hours in the gym anymore (for practice). So, he's willing to work within the time frame we have, do what we need to get accomplished, get in, and get out."

Senior forward Kellen Witherell, who has been on the varsity since late in his freshman season, said Dave Weber remains as hard-working, passionate and hungry as ever.

"I think the biggest thing that stands out to me about coach Weber is just how prepared he is every day, how much he loves basketball, how much he cares for Glenbrook North, this team and our players, and how sincere he is about bringing success to this program," said Witherell, who lives in Northbrook. "He's left his mark on this program, and what he's done will be remembered forever."